Blended courses are classes where a significant portion of the traditional face-to-face instruction is replaced by web-based online learning and/or other out-of-classroom learning. At YSU, we use the words "blended" and "hybrid" interchangeably. All of YSU's new modalities (Agile-Hybrid, Virtual Classroom, and Online-Live) are blended modalities. Blended courses reduce in-class meetings and replace instructional time with online, interactive learning activity.
The Blended Course Design Workbook by Katheryn Linder is a quick read with space for faculty to think through using instructional time in a hybrid environment.
The Blended Learning Toolkit: an open-source curriculum from the University of Central Florida.
Emmanuel College’s Essentials of Blended Learning Course Design: this is a good option for stepping through the course redesign process.
Penn State Hybrid Learning Guide: several useful resources including an instructional activities time estimate guide (for determining if there is enough/too much content)
Literature Review on Hybrid/Blended Learning by Yiran Zhao and Lori Breslow from August 2013.
Design and Resources for Hybrid Courses, from Oregon State University, has a large collection of resources on hybrid teaching and course design
Blended Course Peer Review Form (from UCF’s BlendKit)—more course design-focused, and designed for peer review use
Quality Learning and Teaching Evaluation Instrument (from CSU)—57 items across 10 standard areas for online, blended, and flipped courses
Participants will learn a backward design approach and instructional strategies that will help faculty planning new fall modalities, or as a backup plan for traditional courses.
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